ABSTRACT: The articles are:. I. 1. Constitution watch : country-by-country
updates on constitutional politics in eastern Europe and the ex-USSR. II.
Special reports:. 1. Comments on the constitution of Ukraine, by Bohdan A.
Futey. 2. Handke and "justice" in the Balkan war, by Dzevad Karahasan. 3. Tax
administration in Russia, by Alexander Morozov. 4. An interview with Hanna
Suchocka on church-state relations, by Wiktor Osiatynski. 5. Yeltsin and the
great divide in Russian society, by Marie Mendras. 6. Russian voting behavior
as a mirror of social-political change, by Inga Mikhailovskaya.

ABSTRACT: The articles are:. 1. The road to the 1971 constitution : a brief
constitutional history of modern Egypt, by the editors. 2. The origins and
developments of the Egyptian judicial system, by Adel Omar Sherif. 3. The
Supreme Constitutional Court and its role in the Egyptian judicial system, by
Awad Mohammed El-Morr, Abd El-Rahman Nossier, Adel Omar Sherif. 4. The
separation of powers and limits on presidential powers under the Egyptian
constitution, by Awad Mohammed El-Morr, Adel Omar Sherif. 5. Democratic
participation, by Awad Mohammed El-Morr, Adel Omar Sherif. 6. Human rights in
Egypt : international commitments, by Kevin Boyle. 7. The status and
protection of property in the constitution, by Awad Mohammed El-Morr. 8.
Freedom of expression, by Yakoot Alashmawy, Adel Omar Sherif. 9. The freedom
of judicial expression, the right to concur and dissent : a comparative study,
by Adel Omar Sherif. 10. Human rights in the constitutional systems of Egypt
and other Islamic countries : international and comparative studies, by Awad
Mohammed El-Morr. 11. The interpretation of article 2 of the constitution :
Islamic Sharia principles as a source of law, by Hatem Aly Labib Gabr.